As we here in Seattle gear up for what we hope (and expect) will be a fantastic Super Bowl victory for our heroes on the Seattle Seahawks this weekend, the weather has taken a slight turn for the better. It's a bit difficult to believe, but I can actually see sunlight outside my office. But all it takes is another cold day, and we'll be back into the dreariness of winter in Washington state, where the line between rain-slicked highways and icy death-slides is only a few cold degrees.
To celebrate the cold (and all of the icy driving this week from Southerners in non-Super Bowl states), I thought I'd focus today's preview blog on a substance near and dear to the Reign of Winter Adventure Path: ICE.
Today's miniatures all come from the Reign of Winter set of Pathfinder Battles prepainted plastic gaming figures, which is scheduled for a May release.
This is the somewhat serpentine Small Ice Elemental, whose statistics appear on page 114 of Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2. The figure is cast in clear blue plastic, with some light blue and white highlights to create a sort of "ice armor" affect along the body. The Small Ice Elemental is a Small, common creature.
This Ice Golem is a humanoid automaton created from ice and given life through alchemical science. The creature's statistics appear on page 161 of the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary, where he comes in at CR 5, making him one of the more survivable golem encounters in the book. The figure stands about 7 feet tall (relatively speaking), and is cast in clear plastic. This Medium creature is slated at the uncommon rarity.
Ice Trolls are somewhat smaller than normal trolls, but they possess greater intelligence and are just as voraciously hungry. This Male Ice Troll looks like he stepped right off page 271 of Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2. He's a little bit shorter than the Sea Troll from Skull & Shackles set. This Large figure is slated at the uncommon variety.
Every ice troll deserves a mate, so we decided to mix things up a bit in this set and provide just that. This Female Ice Troll is an amazing-looking figure, definitely one of my favorite trolls we've done to date. Interestingly, while compiling art reference for this figure we discovered that the artist had originally given her sort of claw-like toes in the originally published image, whereas the official ice troll from the Bestiary had more-or-less regular toes. So we changed her feet to match his, and I'm thinking it's that certain something special that will make sure the two of them get along famously. They'll probably want to eat your PCs alive, though, so please do be careful around them.
And that's it for this week! Come back in seven days for more exciting Reign of Winter previews! In the meantime, please consider setting up an ongoing Pathfinder Battles Case Subscription to make sure you don't miss a single figure!
Until next week, I remain,
Erik Mona
Publisher